After a chaotic year as an opposition party, Komeito is seeking to turn itself around under a new leader who talks about becoming the axis for political realignment and cooperating with all parties on a policy, not an ideological, basis. Mitsunari Okamoto, a 61-year-old former Goldman Sachs executive who was elected on Oct. 3 as Komeito’s new leader, said that despite differences between the two parties, he’s open to working with the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Liberal Democratic Party where possible. I want to find points of intersection with others, and there are areas where we will intersect with the LDP and areas where we won’t,” Okamoto said during an Oct. 16 interview.
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